Cabbage Salad

Ingredients:
1 - shredded cabbage
1 cup - chopped red onions
1 cup - chopped tomatoes
2 to 3 - slit green chillies
1 tbs - ground peanuts(roasted)

For Seasoning:
1 tsp - cumin seeds
5 to 6 - curry leaves
1/4 tsp - red chilli powder
2 tsp - lemon juice
1 tsp - oil
salt to taste
coriander leaves/cilantro, finely chopped for garnishing


Method

1. Shred cabbage in a food processor or buy coleslaw packet.
2. Add onions, tomatoes, slit chillies, salt and peanut powder and mix.
3. Heat oil, add cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chilli powder.
4. Pour the oil mixture over the salad mix.
5. Squeeze lemon and salt to taste.
6. Garnish with cilantro/coriander leaves.
7. Serve cold.
8. Excellent as a salad or a side dish .

Idli Uppma

Ingredients

Idli -6
Green chili -2
Tomato -1
Onion ( small) 1
gram masala -1tsp
cilantro -hand full
Peanuts – one hand full
Oil, Musturd seeds, urad dhall and curry leafs for tempering


Method


1. Crumble the idlies. ( If you keep in the fridge it will crumble very nicely)
2. In a pan heat oil and pop up mustard seeds add curry leafs and urad dhall.
3. Add the onions, chopped green chili and sauté well Now add the tomatoes fry for 2 to 3 min.
4. Add the peanuts and roast now add the crumbled idlies.
5. you can add gram masala and cilantro.

BESAN BURFI

Ingredient

besan 1 cup
ghee 1/2 cup
Khoya 1/2 cup
sugar 1 1/2 cup
cardamom powder 1 tsp
silver Varakh 2to 3 sheet
Method

Fry besan in ghee till it gets nice smell.
Add khoya to the above mix it well.
Turn Off the gas.
Now make sugar syrup till it becomes like thick.
Then add the besan mix to the sugar syrup.
Stir it until it does not stick to the vessel.
Turn off the gas.
Then pour this mix in a greased plate put silver Varakh on it and cut into diamond shaped pieces.